Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Granite 4.1 8b

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 37.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.8 Flash Google

61.8

Rank #11 Confirmed

Granite 4.1 8b IBM

37.4

Rank #205 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Granite 4.1 8b in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.8 Flash leads 76.9 to 25.7.
  • Granite 4.1 8b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.8 FlashGranite 4.1 8b
ProviderGoogleIBM
Noometry Index61.837.4
Released2026-09-02—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.75—
Output $ / M tokens$3.75—
Results tracked5013

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 59.2 (#15), Granite 4.1 8b: 30.1 (#297)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena WebDev15841192
LMArena Coding15101312
DeepSWE73.8%—
FrontierCode41.2%—
CursorBench39.6%—
FrontierSWE19.6%—
SciCode56.6%—
WeirdML84.8%—
ALE-Bench1,270—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 41.8 (#21), Granite 4.1 8b: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashGranite 4.1 8b
APEX-Agents64.3%—
Remote Labor Index5.8%—
GDP.pdf23.4%—
Vending-Bench 25,094—

Reasoning Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 76.9 (#5), Granite 4.1 8b: 25.7 (#143)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena Hard Prompts15081293
ARC-AGI-289.2%—
NYT Connections (extended)97.4%—
ARC-AGI-198.5%—
CritPt18.3%—
Chess Puzzles61%—
Mystery Game Puzzles47%—
DTBench95.7%—
LMCA52.9%—
Surface Evolver Bench76.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index156.71—

Math Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 65.3 (#28), Granite 4.1 8b: 36.4 (#166)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena Math15281312
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)68.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.9%—
ProofBench48%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 74.8 (#2), Granite 4.1 8b: 36.1 (#174)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena Expert15241309
GPQA Diamond95.4%—
Humanity's Last Exam44.5%—
SimpleQA Verified69.7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 40.7 (#45), Granite 4.1 8b: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena Vision1314—
Blueprint-Bench 238.6%—
Furniture Assembly31.7%—

Multilingual Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 58.0 (#5), Granite 4.1 8b: 41.7 (#204)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena Non-English14911261
LMArena Chinese15541337
LMArena Russian15151240
LMArena French1498—
LMArena German1493—
LMArena Japanese1502—
LMArena Korean1459—
LMArena Spanish1485—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 78.0 (#13), Granite 4.1 8b: 66.9 (#203)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena Instruction Following14901269

Long Context Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 46.3 (#24), Granite 4.1 8b: 38.7 (#193)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena Longer Query15081275

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 72.2 (#15), Granite 4.1 8b: 48.1 (#204)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena Text14991290
LMArena Creative Writing14921251
LMArena Multi-Turn15011268
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1748—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash better than Granite 4.1 8b?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 37.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash or Granite 4.1 8b better for coding?

Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 59.2 versus 30.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.8 Flash and Granite 4.1 8b share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.8 Flash has 50 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.1 8b has 13.

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